Hopefully I am doing this right..

[OfficiallyJ]

Hey, so I’m in week 5 of flower and I’m just wondering if I was going about this right. To me they look okay (this is also my first grow, so ultimately I’m not sure what to be looking for). But anyway, for some reason I expected the buds to be growing a little bit bigger. I’m not sure if it is normal or not that they are this size. Any information would help. I can let you know what I’m doing/using. I’m just tryna do this correctly, also these pictures and video were taken this week.

 

[Hidd3nGr0w]

If you make it to the finish and got some bud that works for you, you did it right. Looks like you have some kind of deficiency with the dark veins in the leaf's. You can google cannabis deficiency charts and check. Your bud size will be limited by your lighting as well.

 

[OfficiallyJ]

Okay cool, as in I should get a bigger light? Stronger? I’ll see what deficiencies it could be as well.

 

[Anthem]

Okay cool, as in I should get a bigger light? Stronger? I’ll see what deficiencies it could be as well.

First off, week 5 is when the plant really starts to put on weight thru week 7. The limiting factor can be the amount of light the plant is getting. The plant does look like it needs more light.
Can you provide the following:
#1. Grow Media
#2. PPM's in at minimum
#3. Light Type and distant, brand name can be helpful
Lastly, it looks like they might have got some nutrient burn, but the pictures are not totally clear. I

 

[Hidd3nGr0w]

Not saying what you should or shouldn't get, thats up to you. When I learned to play drums I bought a cheap pawn shop set. When I started playing in a band and playing out I bought my DW's. The difference in bud size between a 200w and 600w will be noticeable in the same size area. Assuming all things are equal otherwise.

 

[Bubbalicious82]

Could've done a tad too much defoliation first off. But keep nutrients mild until you know the plants. Too little nutes is ALWAYS better than too much. They'll plump up, just need loving. Not too much loving remember. Good luck

 

[OfficiallyJ]

Okay I’m using Sohum living soils. I first got that because I was told I could use that from seed to harvest with no nutrients... I found out very quickly how wrong that was haha. The light is a philzon 1000w LED. And as far as distance I would say about 12-15 inches away from the plant. I could be wrong Id have to check when I get out of work.

 

[Anthem]

Hidd3nGr0w is really telling you the truth here. The plant can handle about 60 Mol's a day of light. It is a ton of light, this video does a great job of explaining it. It might take some time to understand but it seems to be true. He also talks about nutrient needs vs. Light input and I know from experience that is the case. Most nutrient companies base their feed charts off of something around a 600 to 750 HPS light from what I have learned. If you increase the amount of light the plant gets the nutrient uptake need changes. Everything is a balance.

 

[OfficiallyJ]

Could've done a tad too much defoliation first off. But keep nutrients mild until you know the plants. Too little nutes is ALWAYS better than too much. They'll plump up, just need loving. Not too much loving remember. Good luck

Okay cool, yeah I definitely went crazy with defoliation. I’m just kinda going with the flow and teaching myself as much as I can.

 

[Bubbalicious82]

Okay cool, yeah I definitely went crazy with defoliation. I’m just kinda going with the flow and teaching myself as much as I can.

Right. We gotta start somewhere and the learning curve starts from there.

 

[OfficiallyJ]

Hidd3nGr0w is really telling you the truth here. The plant can handle about 60 Mol's a day of light. It is a ton of light, this video does a great job of explaining it. It might take some time to understand but it seems to be true. He also talks about nutrient needs vs. Light input and I know from experience that is the case. Most nutrient companies base their feed charts off of something around a 600 to 750 HPS light from what I have learned. If you increase the amount of light the plant gets the nutrient uptake need changes. Everything is a balance.

Aight I’ll take a look at the video. Try to see. So the general consensus is the light isn’t strong enough??

 

[Anthem]

Aight I’ll take a look at the video. Try to see. So the general consensus is the light isn’t strong enough??

What is the light? from the pictures it looks like the light is not strong enough

 

[Bubbalicious82]

Aight I’ll take a look at the video. Try to see. So the general consensus is the light isn’t strong enough??

Don't come to a conclusion too early. Your par or lumens/lux might be adequate with those LEDs. Also LEDs tend to suck Cal.Mag like crazy so keeping that in there feeding regimens is a must. First grow can sometimes just end up as a learning process. Just wanting to end up with good smoke that does it's job.

 

[OfficiallyJ]

What is the light? from the pictures it looks like the light is not strong enough

pholzon 1000w

 

[OfficiallyJ]

Don't come to a conclusion too early. Your par or lumens/lux might be adequate with those LEDs. Also LEDs tend to suck Cal.Mag like crazy so keeping that in there feeding regimens is a must. First grow can sometimes just end up as a learning process. Just wanting to end up with good smoke that does it's job.

Exactly. I plan on perfecting this craft. But I wanna get through my first grow as well lol. I’ll have to do more research

 

[JadedMarxist]

Take some pics with natural light not the led that's why it looks like the viens are dark iits the red leds. Ppl will better be able to say if it burn under a natural light.

 

[JadedMarxist]

Couple charts to helptha k's to nuggz

 

[OfficiallyJ]

Take some pics with natural light not the led that's why it looks like the viens are dark iits the red leds. Ppl will better be able to say if it burn under a natural light.

Okay cool I will when I get home definitely

 

[Anthem]

pholzon 1000w

250 watts of Chinese LED. If I were in your shoes, I would finish the grow with that light and if you plan on growing more think about investing in another light. You can use your existing light for vegging plants

 

[OfficiallyJ]

250 watts of Chinese LED. If I were in your shoes, I would finish the grow with that light and if you plan on growing more think about investing in another light. You can use your existing light for vegging plants

haha, okay sounds good. I’m not surprised honestly. I was trying to go for cheap as possible. Which I also learned was not the way to go, especially if you want quality.